Example sentences of "are [adv] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tinged sometimes with a blinkered nostalgia , a belief that there really was a Golden Age in the countryside when humans and nature were in harmony ; at others with an ugly neo-colonialism , a conviction that wilderness are all right for the Third World , but not for us civilised folk . |
| 2 | I mean , these metal strips are down there for the public entertainment license , they were n't gon na give us it because the carpet was lifting . |
| 3 | ‘ We are alone just for the moment . ’ |
| 4 | But the plates like these are not just for the rich . |
| 5 | How , erm , are still here for the moment , I mean |
| 6 | Professionals and local authority employees are still moving to jobs in one of the most sought-after parts of Britain , but the blockbuster moves — 600 in the Lloyds retail banking arm into the Bristol area in 1989-91 , and 100 British Aerospace workers into the Plymouth region recently — are probably over for the immediate future . |
| 7 | ‘ What a pity you are here only for the day — I could pick your brains very profitably . ’ |
| 8 | We are here mainly for the hard work that clients can neither do nor wish to do themselves , for example ; pulling out hedges which contain years of accumulated dust ( bad for the sinuses ) , grubbing out tree stumps , digging heavy clay soil ( a nightmare for the lower lumbar region ) , pruning overgrown trees , cutting up brushwood prior to removal . |
| 9 | Children all well — oh ! and she 's to have another next June … hopes for another girl as three boys are quite enough for the moment . |